{"id":45326,"date":"2026-07-30T15:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=45326"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:13:35","slug":"word-of-the-day-1133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/07\/30\/word-of-the-day-1133\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luteal phase<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0menstrual cycle<\/a>\u00a0is on average 28 days in length. It begins with\u00a0menses<\/a>\u00a0(day 1\u20137) during the\u00a0follicular phase<\/a>\u00a0(day 1\u201314), followed by\u00a0ovulation<\/a>\u00a0(day 14) and ending with the\u00a0luteal phase<\/b>\u00a0(day 14\u201328). While historically, medical experts believed the luteal phase to be relatively fixed at approximately 14 days (i.e. days 14\u201328),\u00a0recent research suggests that there can be wide variability in luteal phase lengths not just from person to person, but from cycle to cycle within one person.\u00a0The luteal phase is characterized by changes to hormone levels, such as an increase in\u00a0progesterone<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0estrogen<\/a>\u00a0levels, decrease in\u00a0gonadotropins<\/a>\u00a0such as\u00a0follicle-stimulating hormone<\/a>\u00a0(FSH) and\u00a0luteinizing hormone<\/a>\u00a0(LH), changes to the\u00a0endometrial lining<\/a>\u00a0to promote\u00a0implantation<\/a>\u00a0of the fertilized egg, and development of the\u00a0corpus luteum<\/a>. In the absence of fertilization by sperm, the corpus luteum degenerates leading to a decrease in progesterone and estrogen, an increase in FSH and LH, and shedding of the endometrial lining (menses) to begin the menstrual cycle again. [Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s a bit obscure. I don’t think I’ll be trying to work that one into conversation. Noted in “Partial block of Texas\u2019 censorship law is upheld in court<\/em><\/a>,” (a compendium article), Ja’han Jones, MS NOW<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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MAHA misinformation<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d influencers are spreading misinformation about women\u2019s menstrual cycles, and The Guardian spotlighted how the influencers are spreading falsehoods about women\u2019s luteal phases \u2014 claims that seem designed to malign birth control and fuel pronatalist talking points that have gained steam in the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n

Read more at\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, the frenzied push for social standing. Errr, claims about<\/em>, not actual luteal phases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luteal phase: The\u00a0menstrual cycle\u00a0is on average 28 days in length. It begins with\u00a0menses\u00a0(day 1\u20137) during the\u00a0follicular phase\u00a0(day 1\u201314), followed by\u00a0ovulation\u00a0(day 14) and ending with the\u00a0luteal phase\u00a0(day 14\u201328). While historically, medical experts believed the luteal phase to be relatively fixed at approximately 14 days (i.e. days 14\u201328),\u00a0recent research suggests that there \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45327,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45326\/revisions\/45327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}